White Eyes

Monday

Arunita suddenly woke up from sleep with an acute sensation of thirst. She noticed the time on the table clock, it was 2:35 AM. Her husband Amit was in deep sleep on the other side of the bed. Realizing that she had not kept any bottle of water in the room, she went to the kitchen to drink water. While returning back ,she noticed that the door of her daughter's room was partly open and a fade streak of light was coming out. With surprise, Arunita moved towards that door and pushed it open. She assumed that the table lamp on the study table must be switched on. In that light she could see that her daughter Mithi was not on bed. Thinking that she must have gone to washroom, Arunita was returning back when her eyes caught the study table on the corner of the room. What she saw made her feel extremely surprised. She saw that her daughter Mithi was sitting over the study table and vigorously sketching something with utmost attention. Her curly long hairs covered her entire face and touching the table. Arunita was not ready for seeing something like that at this hour of night. Thinking that Mithi probably was not getting sleep, she asked in a surprised tone "Mithi what are you doing at this time of the night? And why are you sitting over the table ?" As soon as she finished, Mithi slowly turned her head towards her mother. In between her long curly hairs Arunita could see her face. But what she saw at that moment made her shiver. Both eyes of Mithi were completely white. Her face had multiple scars. In an angry and disgusted voice of an adult male, Mithi screamed " What are you doing here at this time. Get out of here. Get out right now!" Out of shock and fear Arunita fell down on floor. She tried to scream but her voice got chocked out of fear.

Mithi slowly came down from the table and started walking towards her in an unbalanced manner. Her facial expression was scary and fierce. Arunita didn't understand what was happening, her entire body as if got paralyzed in fear. Mithi gave a wicked smile and instead of coming towards her , ran to the wall opposite to her. To an utmost shock for Arunita, Mithi grined and then slowly started crawling up the wall backwards . In a few moment she was lost in the dark corner of the ceiling. Arunita felt that her breathe would stop , that her head would burst. Her heart beat had already shot too high. Suddenly the alarm on the table clock went on. Arunita woke up from sleep with a jolt. She was sweating profusely. It was 5:30 in the morning. Her husband was sleeping beside her. She couldn't understand why she saw such a horrible and scary dream about her daughter. Without loosing a moment, she went running to Mithi's room finding her still asleep in her bed.

Tuesday

Mithi studies in ninth standard in a premier English medium school. She is a rank holder too and is extremely serious about her studies. She hates being absent in the school for any reason and that's why even though she was feeling slight feverish she didn't tell that to her parents and went to school. During the break, she was feeling really unwell and thought of taking a nap in the last bench during the recess time. She asked her best friend Akansha to wake her up once the next period starts. Mithi feel asleep as soon as she put her head on the bench.

When she woke up from sleep, she found it was evening. The class room was almost dark and there were no other students in the class. She stood up with surprise and started running towards the bench where she kept her schoolbag. She cursed Akansha for betraying her. Suddenly through the darkness she noted that a lady was sitting at the teacher's chair with her head put down on the table in front. She was extremely surprised and scared thinking why a teacher would be sitting here like that. She picked up her schoolbag and slowly went towards the table.

"Mam"

But the lady didn't wake up.

"Mam, are you unwell?"

The lady didn't respond .

Mithi touched her this time and said "Mam"

This time the lady slowly started lifting her head and finally looked towards Mithi.

What Mithi saw made her fear struck. She felt as if she was unable to move. She saw that the lady in front was none other than her mother - both eyes of her mother were completely white and her face had several scars. She started laughing and in a hollow tone said "Mithiiii .. please come near me"

Mithi gave a loud scream and ran out of the class room. The entire building was dark with not even a single person. She tried to run as fast as she could. Her class room was on 4th floor. She ran towards the stairs and started descending. Once she came down to 3rd floor she saw someone was sitting on the stairs. Her back was towards Mithi but looked like a girl of her age, but she was not wearing school uniform. Mithi was frequently looking behind. With a tone of fear she asked ,"Who are you?"

As soon as she finished the question, the girl's head turned one eighty degrees towards her. Mithi saw that the girl infornt was none other than she herself. She started crying in fear and started to climb back the stairs. As soon as she turned back she saw the lady who looked like her mother was standing above the stairs with that scary face. At this point Mithi lost her consciousness and fell down, her head dashed against the wall. Mithi woke up from sleep to find that some student's pencil box had come flying and hit her head. The teacher of the period was off and hence the students were having a good time. The class was full and it was 2pm in the watch.

Mithi kept wondering why she saw such a disturbing and horrible dream.

Wednesday

Mithi had fever and hence didn't go to school. She was having her breakfast in the dining table. Amit was getting ready for office. There was a mirror in the room through which the dining table could be seen. When Amit went near the mirror to comb his hair, what he saw made him dumbstruck. Through the mirror he saw that Mithi was sitting over the dining table, her hands looked that of an old lady , her hair was completely grey. She was aggressively eating with both hands. With a loud shout Amit came running into the living room and saw Mithi sitting normally in the chair eating her bread. Arunima came running from the kitchen. Both mother and daughter saw inquiringly towards Amit who had no explanation. Amit couldn't understand why he saw such a vision.

That night all of them went early to bed. Late night Amit woke to go to washroom. As soon as he switched on the washroom light and entered he heard someone sobbing. As he looked around he saw Mithi sitting in the bath tub with her face down, sobbing. Taken aback Amit told, "Mithi, what are you doing in the washroom at this time. Why are you crying?" There was no response. Amit now went near her and touched her head asking "What happened Mithi?" . Mithi now slowly turned her head towards Amit. Amit saw that the child sitting in front of him looked like Mithi but both her eyes were completely white. In a flash, she caught Amit's throat with both hands trying to chock him. Amit started screaming, her hands were too strong. Arunita woke up from sleep hearing loud screams. Seeing the door of washroom open , she rushed and entered the washroom. She saw Amit lying on the floor with his hands near his throat, he was still screaming "Save me. Save me". There was no one else around. Arunita quickly tried to bring him to senses assuring him that no one else was around.

When Amit settled down, he said ,"We immediately need to go and see Mithi" and ran towards her bedroom. Arunita also ran behind. As he entered her daughter's room, he saw Mithi was sleeping peacefully.

Thursday

Amit told about both of his experiences to Arunita. Arunita was surprised, she too had similar experiences. She also elaborated her experience. Amit said, "Something is terribly wrong. This can't be a coincidence that both of us had such horrible experiences related to Mithi. We need to do something about it. What is happening is not normal. We should keep it secret only between us so that no one else knows about it at this moment." That day after lot of research in internet, Amit found contact of a paranormal expert Dr. Manish. He made an appointment for that evening.

"Should we go for a psychologist instead?", Arunita asked.

Amit: I would have if the washroom incident had not happened yesterday. I cant brush it off as my imagination or hallucinations in anyways. It was very very real.

Dr.Manish was a well known personality in the field of paranormal research. Amit met him in his chamber and elaborated his and his wife's experiences in as much detail as possible. After listening to Amit, Dr Manish said "Mr Amit, I heard you. But for finding out the root cause I would need to speak to each of you including your daughter. She can't be kept in dark while I am trying to find the truth. After speaking to all of you I need to do some experiments in your home to detect if there is any presence of paranormal activity. Once all that is done I may be able to come to a conclusion."

Friday

In the evening Dr Manish came to their home. He then asked Amit and Arunita to repeat their experiences in front of Mithi. After hearing that, Mithi had a shocking expression on her face. Seeing that, Dr Manish asked if she also had faced similar experiences. To the surprise of Amit and Arunita , Mithi said yes and went on to elaborate the horrible dream she had seen in school. Arunita started crying out of fear and shock.

Dr Manish comforted them and said that he has to do some experiments around the house that would confirm in case there is any paranormal activity existing. Dr Manish then took out some intruments which looked like electronic meters. He explained that these meters would detect any paranormal activity. If it detects any invisible force anywhere around the house, the meters in the device would confirm it.

He started going around the house at every corners with the device, pointing it in every possible space starting from bed room, living room to washroom, store room etc. The device did not show any abnormality until he came near to a wooden box kept over a showcase. As soon he came near the box, the meter indicated strong presence of some invisible force. Dr Manish asked , "What is this box?"

Amit: This box is an item being passed through our family generations. This may be more than 150 years old and contains an antique piece of our family

Dr Manish : When did you open it last time?

Amit : May be once when I was in school.

Arunita suddenly interrupted and said "No"

Amit was surprised,"What do you mean by No"

Arunita said that one and a half week back while cleaning the home, accidentally she dashed against the showcase, the box fell down and the antique piece fell out of the box and one of the corners got damaged and punctured. She then used a cellotape to fix it and put it back.

Amit : What!! Why didn't you tell me

Arunita: I was scared as family sentiment was related to it!

Dr Manish : Wait!! What is that antique piece?

Amit : It is a silver box. As a child I was told by my ancestors that it is a sacred piece of item for the family which should always be protected from going out of the family and no one should open the box ever.

Dr Manish : Did you open it Mrs Arunita?

Arunita: No I just put a cellotape over the crack and replaced it back in the wooden box. It is anyways locked, the key is in the wooden box itself

Dr Manish then performed multiple different experiments with various other instruments on and around the wooden box. After that, he spoke with each of Amit , Arunita and Mithi separately and also performed some tests on them by fixing certain electronic instruments on them.

After completing all that Dr Manish said ,"I have come to my conclusion. Mr Amit, I want to talk to you alone"

Both of them went to the balcony where Dr Manish said," I have come to the conclusion that there is definitely an invisible evil force existing in the house and it is trying to take complete control on one of you. In fact I think it has already partially possessed one of you. At this point I cant say from where it has come, what it wants. That will take time"

With a shock Amit said,"Dr Manish, please save my daughter , I beg of you please save her life. Why would a force even try to possess her. She is just a kid"

Dr Manish: No Amit, not your daughter, it's your wife who has been possessed!! We now have to fight it together, so be strong. First of all we need to know all the details about that box.

Amit had his jaws dropped with an expression of fear and shock

To be continued ....